Today's episode we talk about two men who chose death by committing suicide over being accused and possibly charged for multiple murders.

The first case involves Joe Ball. A veteran of WWI who became a bootlegger during the Prohibition. After the act was ratified, he opened a saloon in Texas and brought in six alligators to draw in more patrons. Soon his barmaids began disappearing and suspicions rose when the authorities finally had solid evidence, he committed suicide.

The second case involves Dallen Bounds, a 28-year-old born in Ashland, Oregon. He eventually moved to South Carolina. In 1999, he murdered at least four people. Two days before Christmas, murdered two people and his actions launched an extensive manhunt. While the authorities were searching for him, he broke into the house of an elderly woman, taking her and her adult daughter hostage for several hours. When the authorities were closing in on him, he committed suicide.

Did these two men kill themselves to avoid being charged? Did they regret what they had done and couldn't live with themselves any longer? Listen in as we discuss this and more.

In February 2001, actor Ashton Kutcher's on-again-off-again girlfriend was brutally murdered. He went to her house that night, and looked through her window, but the angle of his view didn't allow him for him to see her laying on the stairs. The man accused and convicted of her murder continued to victimize women for another seven years. Could he have been stopped sooner? Did the authorities drop the ball? Listen in as we discuss this and more.

On May 19, 1983, a woman arrived at a hospital in Springfield, OR frantically screaming that her children had been shot. She claimed that a "Bushy-Haired Stranger" had flagged her down on a deserted back road wanting to steal her car. When she didn't give it up, he shot her children, then, when she tried to get away form him, he shot her in the arm. After processing her vehicle and the multiple variations of her statement, the authorities began to think she was the one who shot her children, killing one of them. Was she just an innocent victim? Did she really shoot her children? Listen as we discuss this and more.

On May 19, 1983, a woman arrived at a hospital in Springfield, OR frantically screaming that her children had been shot. She claimed that a "Bushy-Haired Stranger" had flagged her down on a deserted back road wanting to steal her car. When she didn't give it up, he shot her children, then, when she tried to get away form him, he shot her in the arm. After processing her vehicle and the multiple variations of her statement, the authorities began to think she was the one who shot her children, killing one of them. Was she just an innocent victim? Did she really shoot her children? Listen as we discuss this and more.

Normally one would think a criminal with the name Ira would be someone that committed white collar crimes, not murder. However, that's not the case here. Ira Einhorn, "The Unicorn Killer", was self proclaimed environmental activist, and a convicted killer. But bringing him to justice was an ordeal. Did he manipulate the system, or just prolong the inevitable? Listen in as we discuss this and more.

Linda Burfield Hazzard, aka The Starvation Doctor was definitely a swindler and quack. But when people sign up for your charlatan services, when they die, does that make you a killer? Would it matter if you had the title of "Doctor" due to a legal loophole? Listen as we discuss all this and more.

Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish was a man with multiple aliases (at least five) and paraphilias. The authorities were able to prove he was responsible for three murders, labeling him a serial killer. However, it's believed was involved in at least 10 homicides. During his multiple police interviews, he stated he "had children in every state" , and he had nearly 100 victims. His statements were never confirmed. Was Fish the most prolific serial killer during that time? Was he just a desperate man, who committed only a few murders, seeking notoriety because he felt invisible to society? Listen in as we discuss this and more.

Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish was a man with multiple aliases (at least five) and paraphilias. The authorities were able to prove he was responsible for three murders, labeling him a serial killer. However, it's believed was involved in at least 10 homicides. During his multiple police interviews, he stated he "had children in every state" , and he had nearly 100 victims. His statements were never confirmed. Was Fish the most prolific serial killer during that time? Was he just a desperate man, who committed only a few murders, seeking notoriety because he felt invisible to society? Listen in as we discuss this and more.

Carroll Edward Cole was only 8-years-old when he committed his first rumor, but the boy's death was ruled an accidental drowning. A petty criminal in his teens, when he was 22-years-old, after attacking two couples parked along lover's lane, he called the authorities and told them he was having violent fantasies about strangling women. In and out of mental institutions over the next three years, where one doctor noted that Carroll was afraid of the female body and in order to perform sexually, he would first have to kill the woman. That doctor approved Carroll's release from the facility shortly after that. Several years later, he checked himself into another mental hospital where the doctors took note of his murderous fantasies, but opted not to admit him for treatment. Instead they gave him a bus ticket and sent him to San Diego. That set off his murder spree. Did the system foster his murderous fantasies which drove him to act upon them, killing anywhere from 16 to 35 women? Listen in as we discuss this and more!

In 1984, terror swept the Tampa Bay area of Florida. It started with women reporting they had been brutally raped. Then women were discovered brutally murdered. The prostitute community was in fear. When they finally found their man, some questions remained. Could this have been prevented if someone would have taken his medical condition seriously? Listen in as we discuss the details of the crimes committed by Bobby Joe Long, aka The Classified Rapist!